ζώνη
Alt. ζώνη, ἡ,
Etym. ζώννυμι
"a belt, girdle":
I. properly "the lower girdle worn by women above the hips", (the "upper-girdle", the στρόφιον, being worn "under the breasts)", Hom.
2. Phrases, λῦσε δὲ παρθενίην ζώνην unloosed her maiden "girdle", of the bridegroom, Od.; Mid. of the bride, Anth.:—of men on a march, ζ. λύεσθαι to slacken one's "belt", i. e. "rest oneself", Hdt.:— of pregnant women, φέρειν ὑπὸ ζώνης, τρέφειν ἐντὸς ζώνης Aesch., Eur.:— εἰς ζώνην δεδόσθαι to be given "for girdle-money" (as we should say, "pin-money)", of Oriental queens who had cities given them, Xen.
II. "the man's belt" (in Hom. commonly ζωστήρ), Il., Xen., etc.
2. "the part round which the girdle past, the waist, loin", Il.